The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions
comprising a telomerase reverse transcriptase polypeptide or a
polypeptide homologous to a telomerase reverse transcriptase. The present
invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a
polynucleotide encoding either of the aforesaid polypeptides. The present
invention is further directed to methods for eliciting an immune response
to telomerase reverse transcriptase in a subject.